Drawer-guide



(No Model.)

D. W. KENDALL. DRAWBR- GUIDE.

No. 405,098. Patented June 11, 1889.

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DAVID V. KENDALL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DRAWER-GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,098, dated June 11,1889.

Application filed October 9, 1888. Serial No. 287,683. 1 No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID W. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Guides, ofwhich the following isa specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings My invention relates, generally, todrawerguides for bureaus, wash-stands, wardrobes, desks, and otherarticles of furniture provided with sliding drawers; and it relatespart-ionlarly to that class of drawer-guides in which the sides of thedrawers bear against springactuated blocks or bars, whereby said drawersmay be easily and accurately moved in and out, and at the same timeprovision made for allowing of the shrinking and warping of thesurrounding parts without bindingor clamping said drawers or renderingit diiiicult to open or close the same; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter fullydisclosed in the description, drawings, and claims.

The object of my invention is to provide drawer-guides of the characternamed with a novel and advantageous construction and arrangement ofguide-slots, pins or screws, and cushioning-springs, and also, inconnection therewith, to provide annular recesses or holes in the backedge of said drawer-guides for the reception of said cushioning-springs.I ac-, complish this object by the construction and arrangement of partsshown in the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification, in which the same reference-letters indicate the sameparts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a horizontal section of aportion of a drawer and the casing of a piece of furniture provided withmy improved drawer-guide; and Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section ofthe same on the line a" on of Fig. l, the spiral cushioning-spring beingshown in full outline.

In the drawings the letter B indicates the side of the casing of abureau or otherarticle of furniture, and O the drawer, which is mountedand slides upon the drawer-support D. 4

A indicates the drawer-guide, which is made of wood or othersuitablematerial and formed with transverse slots G, through which pass the pinsor screws F, which are prov1ded with heads larger in diameter than saidslots.

These pins or screws are fastened or screwed to the support D, and arecapable of being adjusted up and down, so that their heads may be causedto bear with greater or less force upon the upper surface of thedraWer-guide,

thus permitting the lateral play of the'latter to be regulated asnecessary or desired, or, in other words, by adjusting the drawer-guidelaterally and increasing or decreasing the frictional resistance of theheads of the pins or screws along the edges of the slots the pressure ofsaid drawer guide against the drawer may be regulated. The back edge ofthis drawer-guide is formed with annular recesses or holesH, and intothese are secured or fitted the inner ends of the spiral springs E,

of the parts of my drawer-guide it will bear against the side of thedrawer lightly and evenly and permit the same to be easily moved backand forth upon its support-s; also, at the same time it will yieldsufficiently to provide for shrinkage and warping of the wood of thedrawer or casing, thus avoiding the trouble which is constantly arisingin articles of furniture'having rigid drawer-guides, in which theshrinkage or warping of the casing or drawer either causes the latter toplay too freely orbind too fast in its supports.

As the spiral springs are independent of each other, and as thetransverse slots are formed near the ends of the drawer-guide,

either end of the latter is adapted to yield more than the other, thusallowing for uneven shrinkage or swelling of the drawer or its supports.

The transverse slots in the yielding drawerguide and the pins or screwspassing therethrough and into the drawer-support form a more securefasteningfor said yielding guide, hold the same in place more firmly,and admit of more free play thereof than the drawerguides in which thespring-actuated cushions I00 or blocks are forced forward against thesides of drawers by the curved fiat springs hitherto employed, whichproject against the ends of said cushions or blocks, and are without anymeans for regulating their pressure.

Having thus fully described the construction and arrangement orcombination of the parts of my improved drawer-guide, its operation andadvantages, what I claim as new therein is 1. The combination, with acasing, a drawersupport, springs, and a drawer, of a drawerguide formedwith transverse slots, and pins or screws passed through said slots andinto said drawensupport for regulating thelateral play or pressure ofsaid drawer-guide upon said drawer, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a casi n g, a drawersupport, and a drawer, of ayielding drawerguide formed with annular recesses in its back edge, andalso with transverse slots, pins or screws passing through said slotsand provided with heads of larger diameter than the same, and spiralsprings having their inner ends fitted in said. recesses and their outerends bearing against the side of said casing, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID \V. KENDALL. \Vitn esses:

GRACE M. GARRISON, EDWIN F. UHL.

